Improvement in tank-galleys for printers



J. F. HANNAN.

TANK GAL-LEYS Fon PRINTERS.

Patented May 9,1676.

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JAMES F., HANNAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TA'NK-GALLEVS FOR PRINTERS.

Specification forming part of -Letters Patent No.1l77,240, dated May 9,1876; application filed January 3l, i876.

lfo all w/ Iom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. HANNAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tank-Galleys for Holding, Cleaning, and Preserving Pr'inters Type; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specitication.

In the use of printing-types, where thesame, after being composed or set up, are kept standing on galleys to be periodically used, as is largely the-case with advertisements, or even when they are worked off77 and stand fora few hours only, one of the greatest drawbacks, especially where rapidly-dryingy inks are employed, is the cementing together of the types by the ink, which penetrates into the interstices between the types* It is scarcely possible, without an imp racticable expenditure of time, to so thoroughly clean them, with apparatus commonly used, as to prevent this cementation.- There results great loss ot' time in separating them for distribution, and the labor of separating them without commingling the sorts, or, as printers term it, making pi,77 is very severe upon the muscles ofthe fore-arm and the hand. Besides, it is sometimes necessary to strike the types with a small mallet to loosen them, and this causes serious damage to them. To remedy these and other evils attending the drying of the ink on the types is the object of my invention, which provides a cheap, portable, and convenient tank-galley, of peculiar construction, for keeping the types immersed in water or other suitable liquid or solution, when standing out of use, in order to prevent the drying of the ink by the access of the air, which hardens the driers7 forming ingredients in allprinters inks of which I have knowl. edge. My invention also provides for the convenient and thorough cleansing of the type while on the galley.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawing is a central, vertical, and longitudinal section of my improved tank-galley. Fig. 2 is a section made on the line ma in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same made on the line y y in Fig. 1j and Fig. 4 is the same section as Fig.

of these levers B is pivoted together, and tothe end pieces E of a type-supporting shelf or galley, S, by a pivot, p. Instead of using the supporting-bars in pairs, pivoted to the end pieces of the shelf S by a single pivot, they may be pivoted separately, or one bar only may be pivoted to each end piece of the said shelf, which willwork quite well; or still other means'may be employed for the same purpose; but I prefer the method first described. The

type-supportingshelf S is perforated by holes h.

At each -end are preferably formed descending longitudinal flanges f, which act as guides to keep the shelf level in itsascent and descent, when manipulated as hereinafter described, or any other ordinary means of guiding' the shelf, such as guideways, grooves, or

similar devices, may be employed. The said v flanges act as supports for the shelf S when in itslowest position, as in Fig. apleayipmg a Vspace 'under said shelt'for the accumulation`f`\ 1l impurities. The lianges f are also perforated with holes like the shelf.

' Bytaking hold of the tops of the left-hand pair of pivoted legs or levers B with the thumb and index-linger of the lel't hand, and the tops of the right-hand pair of pivoted legs or lever with the thumb and finger of the right hand, and pressing the tops together in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3, the bottoms of said pivoted legs are made to slide along toward the highest points of the inclined planes D till they rest upon level ledges l, the bottoms of said pivoted legs being prevented from passing by each other by a stop, s.` During this movement the shelf S is raised to the position shown in Fig. 4, where it will remain supported by the pivoted legs or levers B.

The shelf` is lowered by reversingthe movement of the tops of the pivoted legs or levers B. It is designed to put in the tank T enough liquid to cover the types-say enough to rise to the line w w, Fig. l-when the types t are immersed, and when the shelf Sis raised to the position shown in Fig. 4 the liquid Will drain down through the holes lt into the bottom of the tank, whence, when it has become too foul for further use, it lnay be Withdrawn through a hole, A, provided with a suitable cock or plug.

The sides of the tanksare preferably placed at suitable distances asunder to support the type from separation laterally, so that the shelf S and the sides of the tank T, acting together, are a substitute for the ordinary galley used to confine and hold type Whilefstanding after being composed or set up; but the shelf may have upward flanges for supporting the type, it' desired. The Whole is provided with a tight-fitting cover, G, so that the odor of Whatever liquid may be employed does not disagreeably pervade the room in which the types are kept standing.

The inclined planes D serve to increase the vertical motion of the shelf or galley S, thlus enabling me to shorten the pivoted legs or 1evers B enough to obtain all the vertical motion of the said shelf that may be desired, and

.yet leave room inthe tank for thedescent of the tops of the said pivotedl` legs or levers below the upper edge ofthe said tank, sopas not to interfere with the closel fitting of the cover.

Tank-galleys thus constructed and used may `:beplaced on sbelvesand kept for auylength of time Wi'hout the types contained within them becoming cemented together or disar-4 ra-nged,` 'and the `types may, by a suitable cleansing solution, be conveniently cleansed fwith a brush While on the shelf S, and supi ported by the sides oi' the tank T and the pivoted legs or levers B."

I claimy 1. The combination, with the tank T and the perforated shelf or galley S,\ofV one or more supporting-levers` or` piyoted 'legs attached to the ends of thesaidshelf orgalley, and oneor more bearings provided for the said; levers or pivoted legs at eachend` of thetank, substantially as herein. set" forth.

2. The inclined planesD at the ends ofthe tank, in combination with the levers` or,l pivoted legs at the endsQof the perforated shelf or galley S, substantially as and for the purposel herein set forth.

i JAMES F.HANNAN.

Witnesses:

BENJAMAN WgHoFFMAN, EDWARD B. SPERRY. 

